The author comments on two misinterpretations of biologist Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. The misinterpretations stem from the phrases "natural selection" and "survival of the fittest," which suggest there is a conscious direction to evolution, and that evolution is a vicious process favoring the strong, respectively. He points out selection merely means those better suited to their environment leave more offspring, and that species that help each other can also be fit.
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